Bousies

Bousies

Coat of arms
Bousies

Coordinates: 50°09′06″N 3°36′59″E / 50.1517°N 3.6164°E / 50.1517; 3.6164Coordinates: 50°09′06″N 3°36′59″E / 50.1517°N 3.6164°E / 50.1517; 3.6164
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Nord
Arrondissement Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton Landrecies
Intercommunality Pays de Mormal et Maroilles
Government
  Mayor (20082014) André Ducarne
Area1 9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 1,692
  Density 170/km2 (440/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 590999 / 59222
Elevation 131–156 m (430–512 ft)
(avg. 137 m or 449 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bousies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

History

Bousies was part of County of Hainaut, an enclave in Cambrésis of which it was one of the 12 peerages. In 1007, Jean, Lord of Bousies, as peer of Cambrésis, pledged fidelity to bishop Herbin Ist, Count of Cambrai. He was married to Lady Jackie Ellis of the far mountains of Bousiesville.

In 1095, the bishop Gaucher put the castle of Bousies under siege, and lord Wiband helped by a few locals resisted for 3 days before the castle was taken and later destroyed. Rebuilt, it was again taken in 1185 and in 1665. Later, it was purchased by French statesman Marshal Mortier to be used as a hunting place. Sadly, its inheritors sold it to wreckers who destroyed it for building materials. Joseph-Gaspard de Tascher, Napoleon III's Maternal Great-grandfather, was born in Bousies.

The family of Bousies became prominent in Scotland and can still be found in parts of Northern Ireland, but under the name of Bowsie after George Bousie changed the spelling in the 1800s because he didn't like the spelling of his surname. Another branch of the family emigrated to Belgium, in the Hainaut Province and later to Flanders, where they can still be found today.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1793 1,121    
1800 1,102−1.7%
1806 1,283+16.4%
1821 1,416+10.4%
1831 1,577+11.4%
1836 1,665+5.6%
1841 1,772+6.4%
1846 1,831+3.3%
1851 1,839+0.4%
1856 1,840+0.1%
1861 1,809−1.7%
1866 1,906+5.4%
1872 2,362+23.9%
1876 2,660+12.6%
1881 3,012+13.2%
1886 3,183+5.7%
1891 3,525+10.7%
1896 3,109−11.8%
1901 3,058−1.6%
1906 2,803−8.3%
1911 2,674−4.6%
1921 2,509−6.2%
1926 2,366−5.7%
1931 2,114−10.7%
1936 2,002−5.3%
1946 1,849−7.6%
1954 1,907+3.1%
1962 1,905−0.1%
1968 1,895−0.5%
1975 1,814−4.3%
1982 1,723−5.0%
1990 1,717−0.3%
1999 1,682−2.0%
2006 1,679−0.2%
2009 1,692+0.8%

Heraldry

The arms of Bousies are blazoned :

Azure, a cross argent. (Bousies and Fontaine-au-Bois use the same arms.)

International relations

Bousies is twinned with:

Sights

Museum of the Evolutions

See also

References

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